Olney station (SEPTA)
Olney  | |||||||||||||||||
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 The parking lot and platform at Olney station on the Fox Chase Line | |||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Mascher Street and Tabor Road Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Fox Chase Branch | ||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  SEPTA City Bus: 8 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 61 spaces | ||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | February 4, 1878[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1906 | ||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
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Olney station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at Mascher Street and Tabor Road in the Olney neighborhood, it serves the Fox Chase Line. The station has a 61-space parking lot. In FY 2013, it had a weekday average of 158 boardings and 156 alightings.[2]
The original station building was constructed in 1906 by the Reading Railroad. It was boarded up in the 1980s, and was demolished in 2008.[3] Olney is the last stop inbound before Wayne Junction, where it merges with the Warminster, West Trenton, Lansdale/Doylestown, and Chestnut Hill East lines.
References
- ^ Baer, Christopher T. (June 2006). "A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1878" (PDF). Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society. p. 6. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
Feb. 2, 1878 – Excursion with two trains of 10 cars each opens Philadelphia, Newtown & New York Railroad extension from Fox Chase to Newtown; revenue service begins Feb. 4; operated by PRR with through trains to West Philadelphia Station
- ^ SEPTA (May 2014). "Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). p. 62. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014.
- ^ "Existing Railroad Stations in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania". West2K.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2008.
External links
- SEPTA – Olney station
- Old Olney Reading RR Station images
- Mascher Street and Tabor Road entrance from Google Maps Street View
40°01′59″N 75°07′24″W / 40.032954°N 75.123203°W
